1. Adam Gilchrist, 44, Australia
Team: Sagittarius Strikers
Bats: left handed
Test: 5,570 runs from 96 matches
ODI: 9,619 runs from 287 matches
T20I: 272 runs from 13 matches
Joint holder of the record for most sixes in a Test career, with 100 sixes (with Brendon McCullum)
Voted “World’s Scariest Batsman” in a poll and named wicket-keeper and opening batsman in Australia’s greatest ever ODI team.
2. Virender Sehwag, 37, India
Bats: right handed, Bowls: right-arm off break
Test: 8,586 runs and 40 wickets from 104 matches
ODI: 8,273 runs and 96 wickets from 251 matches
T20I: 394 runs from 19 matches
Only batsman in the history to have scored 7,500-plus runs in both Tests & ODIs as an opener
Fastest Test triple century for which he took 278 balls
3. Brian Lara, 46, West Indies
Bats: right handed
Test: 11,953 runs from 131 matches
ODI: 10405 runs and 4 wickets from 299 matches
Holds records for highest individual knock in Tests (400* v England) and first class cricket (501* v Durham)
Is the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs (along with Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara)
4. Andrew Symonds, 40, Australia
Bats: righthanded, Bowls: right-arm medium pace & off-spin
Test: 1,462 runs and 24 wickets from 26 matches
ODI: 5,088 runs and 133 wickets from 198 matches
T20I: 337 runs and 8 wickets from 14 matches
Holds the world record for most sixes in a first class innings (16) and first class match (20)
5. Kumar Sangakkara, 38, Sri Lanka
Bats: left handed
Test: 12,4000 runs from 134 matches
ODI: 14,234 runs from 404 matches
T20I: 1382 runs from 56 matches
Only batsman to have scored 7,500-plus runs in both Tests & ODIs as an opener
Is the fastest batsman to reach 8,000, 9,000, 11,000 and 12,000 Test runs.
Has made 482 dismissals, the most by a wicket-keeper in ODIs.
Team: Libra Legends
Bats: right handed, Bowls: right-arm fast medium
Test: 13,289 runs and 292 wickets from 166 matches
ODI: 11,579 runs and 273 wickets from 328 matches
T20I: 666 runs and 12 wickets from 25 matches
Only player in history to score 10,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs each and take more than 200 wickets in both formats
Is the third highest scorer in Test cricket and seventh in ODIs
7. Abdul Razzaq, 36, Pakistan
Bats: right handed, Bowls: right-arm off break
Test: 8,586 runs and 40 wickets from 104 matches
ODI: 8,273 runs and 96 wickets from 251 matches
T20I: 393 runs and 20 wickets from 32 matches
Against Sri Lanka in 2000, he became the youngest to claim a Test hat-trick at 20
A utility cricketer, he is amongst the select few to have batted in every position
8. Brett Lee, 39, Australia
Bats: right handed
Bowls: right-arm fast
Test: 1,451 runs and 310 wickets from 76 matches
ODI: 1,176 runs and 380 wickets from 221 matches
T20I: 101 runs and 28 wickets from 25 matches
Is the first player in T20I cricket history to take a hat-trick
Is the fastest to reach 300 ODI wickets.
9. Shane Bond, 40, NZ
Bats: right handed, Bowls: right-arm fast
Test: 168 runs and 87 wickets from 18 matches
ODI: 292 runs and 147 wickets from 82 matches
T20I: 21 runs and 25 wickets from 20 matches
Took 54 ODIs to reach 100-wicket milestone, just one more than Mushtaq
Delivered a ball at 156.4km/h against India in 2003 in an ODI in Centurion.
10. Saqlain Mushtaq, 39, Pakistan
Bats: right handed
Bowls: right-arm off-break
Test: 927 runs and 208 wickets from 49 matches
ODI: 711 runs and 288 wickets from 169 matches
Fastest to reach the milestones of 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs.
Took 69 wickets in 1997, the record for most scalps in calendar year (ODIs).
11. Muttiah Muralitharan, 43, Sri Lanka
Bats: right handed, Bowls: right-arm fast
Test: 1,261 runs and 800 wickets from 133 matches
ODI: 674 runs and 534 wickets from 350 matches
T20I: 1 run and 13 wickets from 12 matches
Highest wicket taker in Tests and ODIs
Holds Test record for most five wicket hauls (67) in an innings and 10 wickets (22) in a match.
SCHEDULE
January 28
7.30pm: Libra Legends v Gemini Arabians (Dubai)
January 29
3pm: Capricorn Commanders v Leo Lions (Dubai)
7.30pm: Virgo Super Kings v Sagittarius Strikers (Dubai)
January 30
3pm: Gemini Arabians v Leo Lions (Dubai)
7.30pm: Sagittarius Strikers v Capricorn Commanders (Dubai)
February 3
3pm: Libra Legends v Virgo Super Kings (Sharjah)
7.30pm: Gemini Arabians v Capricorn Commanders (Sharjah)
February 4
3pm: Libra Legends v Sagittarius Strikers (Sharjah)
7.30pm: Leo Lions v Virgo Super Kings (Sharjah)
February 5
3pm: Sagittarius Strikers v Gemini Arabians (Sharjah)
7.30pm: Capricorn Commanders v Libra Legends (Sharjah)
February 6
3pm: Gemini Arabians v Virgo Super Kings (Sharjah)
7.30pm: Leo Lions v Sagittarius Strikers (Sharjah)
February 7
3pm: Virgo Super Kings v Capricorn Commanders (Sharjah)
7.30pm: Libra Legends v Leo Lions (Sharjah)
February 11
7.30pm – Semifinal 1 (Dubai)
February 12
7.30pm – Semifinals 2 (Dubai)
February 13
7.30pm – Final (Dubai)
